Corn-husker



(No Model.)

S. O. HARPER.

001m HUSKER. No. 394,177. s Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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STEPHEN C. HARPER, OF FAIRVILLE, MISSOURI.

CORN-HUSKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,177, dated December 11, 1888.

Application filed May 20, 1886. Renewed May 17, 1888. Serial No. 274,205. (No modeLl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN C. HARPER, of Fail-ville, in the county of Saline and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Corn-I'lusker, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of my new and improved corn-husker, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line .11.): of Fig. l.

The invention will firstbe described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

The husker is attached to the hand by the leather A, which is formed with a thumbopening, a, and two straps, h I), and provided with two buckles, c c, to receive the straps h. \Vhen the leather is buckled upon the hand, the husking-point B will be held at the ball of the thumb, pointing toward the body of the user. The point B is attached to the leather A by the metal plate or frame C and cross-frame D, to which latter the point B is pivoted upon the pin (Z. Around the pivotpin (Z is placed the spring f, one end of which presses against the cross-frame I), while the other presses against the inner surface of the point B, so that the spring acts to normally hold the sharp end of the point B away from the hand, as indicated in Fig. 2. The point B is extended to form the tail-piece or plate 9, which reaches nearly to the center of the palm of the hand, so that by a forward wrist movement of the hand the sharp end of the point B may be depressed against the action of the spring f to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 for grasping the husks between the point and the frame I) for holding the same, while the hand is left free to grasp the ear of corn.

The cross-frame D is formed with the side arms, is is, which are riveted to the frame C, and also with the slightly-elevated arms k k, in and between which the pivot-pin d is held, on which the point B is pivoted, and the spring f is placed, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

In use the sharp end of the point B is passed through the husks, and then the hand of the user is to be brought toward his body byawrist movement to bring the palm of the hand at right angles to the wrist. This movement will bring the palm of the hand against the tail piece of the point B, or, rather, against the leather against which said tail-piece rests. It is well known that in a wrist movement of the hand the palm of the hand swings in the arc of a circle struck from the wrist-joint as a center. I take advantage of this to operate the point B. The pivot of the point B is at the wrist of the user of the husker when the same is attached to his hand, and the tail-piece g rests in the palm of his hand. From this it follows that when the hand of the user is moved toward the body by a wrist movement, bringing the palm of the hand at right angles to the wrist, the pivot 01' the point B will remain practically at rest, while the tail-piece will be turned in an arc of a circle corresponding with the movement of the palm of the hand, which movement will depress the sharp end of the said point B to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The said sharp point having been previously passed through the husks, the depression of the sharp end of the point B will grasp the husks between said sharp end of the point B and the frame 1). I11 this manner the point B not only serves to open the husks, but also to hold one portion thereofviz., the portion separated from the main body of the husks by the sharp end of the point Bwhile the said main body of the husks is removed from the ear of corn by the free hand of the user. The advantage of the point B is that when the same is passed through the husks the hand to which the husker is attached is free to grasp the ear of corn, while the other hand is free to strip the main body of the husks, the husks penetrated by the sharp end of the point B being at the same time grasped and held between said sharp end and the frame D. In other words, the husker in no manner interferes wit-h the free use of the fingers of the hand of the user to which the husker is attached.

Havin thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The leather A, provided with the frames 0 D, in combination with the pivoted point B and spring f, substantially as described.

STEPHEN C. HARPER.

Witnesses:

GEO. G. I-IAwKINs, L. M. BEDDoW, 

